Writing won’t happen without spending time putting down words. Highland 2 encourages you to keep going and stick to your writing habit with Write Sprints: Short bursts of time where the goal is rapid writing. Don’t worry about editing or making it perfect. A write sprint is about making sure you’re taking the time you …
Tools
Gender Analysis
Highland offers writers a tool to check their work-in-progress for gender parity in characters and dialogue. Created in collaboration with screenwriter Christina Hodson (you can read the full story here), you can find the tool under Tools > Gender Analysis. There you’ll see a list of all the speaking roles in your script, and you …
Outlining Tools
Highland 2 puts tools for outlining your script, blog post, etc. right in your document alongside your writing. Headings, Synopses, and Notes allow you to quickly add in information that you’ll see in the Editor view, but that will stay hidden in Preview and when you export. Headings To create a heading, just put a …
Markers
Bookmark a place in your document with {{%m}} or Tools > Insert Marker (⌘ Control + M). Quickly jump back to it with Tools > Go to Next Marker or ⌘ Control + ⌥ Option + M. You can set as many markers as you wish. Use them to jump back and forth between sections, …